My Game keeps freezing
Everytime i play it only lasts for about 5-10mins then the entire game freezes.
playing on a mac bw!
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- @Bluebellflora okay ive been playing for about an hour and a half and its been running smoothly and quicker and i havent had a problem yet in my clean game. what should i do next bc there are some saves I really want back? should i just add them back without CC. the one save i was playing though is the only one i experienced trouble with. should I just give up on that one or do we think its most likely broken CC?
- @kfoiu2h74hgn
Great! Move the problematic save into the newly created saves folder, do not move any other files such as other saves or CC/Mods, just that one save. Play for a bit and see how it is. If it freezes/crashes again, then the issue may be a corrupted save. Unless it always crashes at the same point in which case there may be an in-game trigger for it.
Moving your thread to the Game & Mod issues forum as it's not a Mac issue 🙂 I play on a mac and have an old thread in the mac forum. but i emptied my game, and I think that the problem is old/ broken cc. I only use MCCC mod and i had that updated to the latest version so i dont think that is the problem. Im just not sure how I would find out which exact cc is causing my game to freeze.
Move your Mods folder to the Desktop and delete localthumbcache.package. Then test the game in a new save.
If it works now check for updates to your Mods and CC. Add it back a little at a time while testing until you have found all that are broken.- @jpkarlsen I have a lot of CC so Im not sure which needs updates/ where I found some of them/ how would i know they are broken in game? Ive gone in CAS and everything ive tested so far I couldnt tell that anything was broken so im just confused
Also delete the localthumbcache.package.. where do I find that? @kfoiu2h74hgn Most broken CC doesn't cause game freezing. If it does and gets reported, it'll end up on a Broken/Updated Mods list here (this is the link to the newest iteration), but none has been reported recently. Game freezing is more likely to be a mod.
Here are instructions on how to run a test of your Mods folder to find out what's broken: 50-50
Localthumbcache is a file in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 You need to delete that file every time you delete or replace a file in the Mods folder.
@luthienrising the only mod i had in was MC command center, and it was up to date. so thats why ive been confused about it. Im nervous to put it back in my game
@kfoiu2h74hgn It may not be a mod but CC that's your issue. I see that you've had this issue on and off for a long time. You need to do a test in a clean folder, on a clean save, and then work from there.
Here's how to do that test:
- Exit Sims 4 then drag your whole Sims 4 folder from Document > Electronic Arts to your desktop.
- Launch Sims 4 and reset your Options.
- Start with New to test as long as you need to to determine if your issue recurs you have the game-freezing problem.
If that works, let me know and I'll take you to the next step in isolating your problem. Your old saves and mods/CC and Library content will be safe on your desktop waiting for when testing is done.
someone else previously instructed me to do that, so I have already done that. and my game has been running smoothly since. I am just nervous about putting my CC back in as i'm not sure how to tell which may be broken. I put everything on my sims in CAS and everything looked fine? I started the 50/50 method too but so far no figuring it out
@kfoiu2h74hgn What you'd aim to do is to put the content back in batches and play awhile to see if you get the freezing happen. It doesn't matter whether a Sim is wearing the content or not. I'd suggest putting any new batch in a subfolder called "testing" so you know that's your current untested batch.
